Unveiling the Secrets: How Miguel Duran Transforms Shorts into Cinematic Masterpieces
Ashley
Yeah, yeah. That’s sound advice. So just tell us quickly, how did you put some of these shorts together? Did you sell financing them? Did you do a Kickstarter? Just how did you get these shorts going? And ultimately, how did you get them produced? And then what did you do to market them? And how did they help you?
Miguel Duran
Sure. So, they were all self-financed. And, and so I always, it was a good lesson in producing, in being able to do a lot with a little. So, it was one developing relationships with crew that I knew if there was something that they would be passionate about where we could work together, we could do it at a lower rate, or in some cases for our favor. And there were cases where I had a friend AD for me, and I did production sound on his project. So, you know, we would just, we would roll swap in order to help each other out. And, you know, a lot of these projects that I would also start with, like, what do I know? What location do I have where I can write something? Because I’m the writer, I can control that, and I can say, I know I have this location, this location, and this location, you know, what kind of story can I tell in those locations? So, my first couple of shorts definitely were built that way.
